16 Basic Rules to Live By

All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten   1. Share everything. 2. Play fair. 3. Don’t hit people. 4. Put thngs back where you found them. 5. CLEAN UP YOUR OWN MESS. 6. Don’t take things that aren’t yours. 7. Say you’re SORRY when you HURT somebody. 8. Wash your hands before…

Eric Hoffer: Went Blind for Eight Years, Miraculously Recovered His Sight

March 26, 2012   Eric Hoffer: The Longshoreman Philosopher by Tom Bethell FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STANFORD—Hoover Institution Press released Eric Hoffer: The Longshoreman Philosopher by Tom Bethell.  Hoffer was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983 and his first book, The True Believer, published in 1951, was widely recognized as a classic, receiving critical acclaim from…

Reboot Federal Role in K–12 Education, Hoover Task Force Says

February 6, 2012 Choice and Federalism: Defining the Federal Role in Education FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STANFORD—With the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act overdue for reauthorization, the Hoover Institution’s Koret Task Force on K-12 Education recommends a new and powerful strategy for fundamental education reform—and a major makeover of the customary federal role: allow states receiving federal…

Hoover Institution Press Releases Book Highlighting the True State of America’s Health Care System In Excellent Health by Scott W. Atlas, MD

Reprinted from January 3, 2012 In Excellent Health: Setting the Record Straight on America’s Health Care by Hoover senior fellow Scott Atlas, MD. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE STANFORD—Hoover Institution Press released a book that challenges popular criticisms regarding access to and quality of medical care in the United States, In Excellent Health: Setting the Record Straight on…